Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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pullian

(v.)
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In 1. 2 for sper[n]don. l. sperdon

spræc

(n.)
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Add: es; n. Spræcu labruscas, An. Ox. 2, 63

searwaþ

(v.)
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L. N. P. L. 40; Th. ii. 296, 10

ge-bryce

(n.)
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Take here ge-brice; m. (l. n.) in Dict

sealt-ærn

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Add: [v. N. E. D. saltern.] Cf. sealt-hús

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, to slice.
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Add: [Mid seaxum tósnǽdod, H. R. N. 28, 5.]

cincing

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Add: [v. N. E. D. chink, kink, kench.] Cf. canc

mylen-troh

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Add: [v. N. E. D. mill-trough.] Cf. wæter-þeóte

sealt-hús

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Add: [v. N. E. D. salt-house.] Cf. sealt-ærn

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, a slippery place(?).
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Perhaps slæp should be read. v. N. E. D. slap

byrnete

(n.)
Grammar
byrnete, a
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barnacle Byrnete lolligo, Nip. 11. [v. N. E. D. barnacle.]

ge-brot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brot, es; m.

A barn-keeper ⬩ granatārius ⬩ frumenti præfectus

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A barn-keeper; granatārius, frumenti præfectus, N. Som. Ben. Lye

hylte

(n.)
Grammar
hylte, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>-hylte,</b> es; n

mót-hús

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Add: [v. N. E. D. moot-house.] Cf. gemót-hús

byrdicge

(n.)

a weaver's tool ⬩ plumaria

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a weaver's tool; plumaria, N. Som. Wrt. Voc. 282, 3

ceace

(n.)

a trial, proof ⬩ exploratio, tentamentum, experienti

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a trial, proof; exploratio, tentamentum, experienti N. Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: ceaum

-en

(suffix)
Grammar
-en, <b>. I.</b> m. forms only a few masculine terminations of nouns; as, Þeóden; gen. þeódnes; m. a king, from þeód people: dryhten; gen. dryhtnes; m. a lord, from dryht

people, subjects

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people, subjects. f. -en forms many feminine nouns = the Ger. -in, Dan. -inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen,

Linked entries: -ælfen Cásern

ge-scrépness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scrépness, e; f.
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Advantage, commodity Gescroepnis conpe[n]dium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 14

Linked entry: -scrépness

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Be landbygene (= landleóda[n] bebygene?), Ll. Th. i. 110, note I

in-smoh

(n.)
Grammar
in-smoh, gen. in-smós [?]; m.
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Substitute: in-smoh, in-smog; gen. in-smoges; n. and add

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